chickenman
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Gunna hit 35 tonite will cover and heat
No worries in gh
No worries in gh
Apologies for missing this.@LocalGrowGuy, when you made that dry ice hash with fresh bud, did you have to freeze it prior to sifting? Or does the dry ice instant freeze it and you can use freshly trimmed trim? Also, after the sifting of fresh trim is the hash ready for you to enjoy or do you let it dry / cure a few weeks? All the dry ice hash I have made has been from dried trim.
Did it rain everywhere? We hope to start by Friday. I bought a gas powered leaf blower. It seems to work pretty well blowing the water off the girls.SSShhhhhhhh! The bitches be sleepin'! (we obviously haven't started the process here yet)
If you knew how hard it can rain herebouts and if you ever grew monsters you too would cover...lol, all that for a little rain?
Fly over LOL, feel sorry for ya bud.We've got a couple more 70+ degree days here in Michigan, hopefully the Damn rain will hold off an give me a few days of sunshine that'd be great! I think Friday/Saturday the lows are supposed to dip into the 40's. I figure depending on the rain I'll be harvesting. Takin down sour diesel, grapefruit ice, cherry bomb, and raspberry haze. Might leave the haze, depending upon the weather forecast. Have seen the heli-cop's twice now lol. Anyone else have a fly over?
Do you just come here so you can measure your Dick? Get the hell outta here troll dog you give people in cali a bad name with Ann your bull crap post feel free to cry to whoever ya want .lol, all that for a little rain?
lol, all that for a little rain?
We've got a couple more 70+ degree days here in Michigan, hopefully the Damn rain will hold off an give me a few days of sunshine that'd be great! I think Friday/Saturday the lows are supposed to dip into the 40's. I figure depending on the rain I'll be harvesting. Takin down sour diesel, grapefruit ice, cherry bomb, and raspberry haze. Might leave the haze, depending upon the weather forecast. Have seen the heli-cop's twice now lol. Anyone else have a fly over?
We've got a couple more 70+ degree days here in Michigan, hopefully the Damn rain will hold off an give me a few days of sunshine that'd be great! I think Friday/Saturday the lows are supposed to dip into the 40's. I figure depending on the rain I'll be harvesting. Takin down sour diesel, grapefruit ice, cherry bomb, and raspberry haze. Might leave the haze, depending upon the weather forecast. Have seen the heli-cop's twice now lol. Anyone else have a fly over?
Thanks for the info. All my trim from my 1st plant is dry already, but I still have some plants to experiment with and get thie down. Much apprciated!Apologies for missing this.
The most important part comes after sifting.
I've done it a ton of different ways. In my (limited) experience, getting the temps down quick is key. I would say if you have nugs that are golf ball size down to popcorn size then they should be frozen first. My preferred method is to take a branch, clip/pull fan leaves and cut off edges of fan leaves leaving plant matter with trichomes and not much else. If I am running something that is a bit dry then it can go right in to the bucket. I've tried to use larger chunks of dry ice to break up the herb but after a few runs there was more green than I wanted. Now I don't imitate a paint shaker, but sift the dry ice and nugs together. I think the more contact your plant material has with the screen, the quicker it will separate itself from the unwanted green stuff that might make it through the bags. The process takes more time but I find it to produce a stellar product.
The outside of the buckets as well as the bottom of the screen will get clogged by water in the air or in the buds. The dry ice sinks to the bottom of the bucket which (I think, I'm not a rocket surgeon) pushes the oxygen out. I either take a break or do smaller batches to combat the screen blockage. I will grade the finished product by timing the sift, seeing the color I want, collect, keep sloshing, usually I'll take 3 batches, one 30 seconds, another 30 seconds, and a final one to get all the rest. The first two are always fire and the last might be a bit green and have some plant matter in it, but it's still tits for joints or topping bowls. In a perfect world I would jar and cure just like flower, it doesn't take as long. Boveda packs or hygrometers with humidity control are good to have. The ones I use are Xicar and as big as a quarter. The water will add moisture to the end product. I think the extra moisture helps keep the flavor profile and the smell, and it adds to the marshmallow effect, which is nothing more than the final product clumps together light brown sugar. I think that light and oxygen degrade the product quickly turning it brown/gold. I think keeping it humid keeps it longer, but be careful storing in jars, the brosef had some in a jar he forgot to burp and he got some mildew on the top of the jar. This was over five days and a full mason jar that hadn't been dried, just processed. First and last time that happened.
If you have fresh frozen I would say go for it, maybe add a bit more ice. I would gently roll the bucket letting the dry ice get everything cold. I think that the dry ice gets fresh cut herb cold quickly, negating the need to dry. I have been happy with both methods, my process depends on the product. My first couple of runs were nugs, and I tried to shake the bucket violently, hoping the now-frozen buds would bust apart when it hit the top and sides of the bucket, some did, some didn't, but there was a lot of plant matter that was broken up enough to go through the screens.
I think the most important part for me, is finding the right strain. 14er's Magik has been an incredible strain for me with this method. I don't think it's anything more than dumb luck, it most definitely isn't my skill. I can't say enough that I am no master grower and that YMMV. The cut we had was a bit on the airy side, but it more than made up for it on the nose, and the yield was still better than average. I have nothing bad to say about that strain.
I think it is important to limit oxygen and to remove excess moisture. My next batch I am going to use a ceramic disk designed to keep brown sugar moist, but I'm using it backwards, putting it in dry and taking it out and replacing that with another one that is in rotation. Hopefully this helps to more efficiently move moisture from the sift into the disc.
If your stuff dries out too quickly, if you start with powder dry material, there is a higher likelihood you will end up with hay. My limited experience has shown me slower is better assuming you have good control over the environment. Live sift/dry ice extract will eventually lose the nose and be closer to kief. As long as I can ball it up like playdoh I'm happy.
Jebus I am wordy. Apologies.
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